Kindergarden - Stories

44 Stories: Supplemental Guide 2A | The Three Little Pigs

Discussing the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

Comprehension Questions

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent lines

of the story and/or refer to specific images. If students give one-word

answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain vocabulary in their

responses, acknowledge correct responses by expanding the students’

responses using richer and more complex language. Encourage students

to answer in complete sentences. Model answers using complete

sentences.

1. Literal What is the title of this story?
   
   
   • The title of this story is “The Three Little Pigs.”
   
   
   
   


2. Literal What material did each little pig use to build his home?
   
   
   • The first little pig used straw to build his home. The second little pig
     used sticks to build his home. The third little pig used bricks to build his
     home.
   
   
   
   


3. Inferential Which houses could the wolf blow down? Why was the wolf
   able to blow those houses down?
   
   
   • The wolf could blow down the houses made of straw and sticks because
     they were not strong.
   
   
   
   


4. Inferential Which house could the wolf not blow down? Why?
   
   
   • The wolf could not blow down the brick house because the house was
     very strong.
   
   
   
   


5. Evaluative How are the endings of “Chicken Little” and “The Three
   Little Pigs” different?
   
   
   • At the end of “Chicken Little,” the birds run away from the fox’s den.
     At the end of “The Three Little Pigs,” the wolf runs away from the pig’s
     home.
   
   
   
   


6. Evaluative Remember that made-up stories are called fiction. What
   kind of story is “The Three Little Pigs”?
   
   
   • “The Three Little Pigs” is fiction.
     [Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for students, as
     necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the process.]
     I am going to ask two questions. I will give you a minute to think about
     the questions. Then I will ask you to turn to your partner and discuss
     the questions. Finally, I will call on several of you to share what you
     discussed with your partner.